- Ernesto Chacon
Ernesto Chacon (1938-) a Texas native, has served as president and director of the Federation for Civic Action, a Latino and low income civil rights organization based in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin since 1989. He is a former director and president of the Latin American Union for Civil Rights (LAUCR) in Milwaukee, and helped organize the protests which led to the Spanish Speaking Outreach Institute at theUniversity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee . Chacon formerly worked for theNational Association of Government Employees and as a labor consultant inSan Antonio, Texas . He also served on the Committee of theUnited Farm Workers of America in California, worked as a consultant withNational Council of La Raza in Washington, D.C., and co-founded Milwaukee's Mexican Fiesta in 1977. A recipient of theUMOS Life Time Achievement Award and the "Spanish Times" Latino Leader of the Year, he is a member of the Stop Latino on Latino Violence and the Committees on Civil Rights and Better Education. Chacon and his wife Lutecia Gonzalez have six adult children and live in Milwaukee. He is presently employed by the Milwaukee Office of GovernorJim Doyle ofWisconsin .References
* [http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us/journal_media_detail.asp?locid=19&prid=104 "Governor Doyle Announces Milwaukee Governor’s Office Staff Appoints Marie Crockett, Ernesto Chacon and Amoun Sayaovong"] , Press Release, Office of the Governor, March 28, 2003.
* [http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=171406 "Latinos Gain Political Clout"] ,Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel , September 20, 2003.
* [http://www.uwm.edu/People/joerod/ssoi.html Joseph A. Rodriguez, "Latinos at UWM: A History of the Spanish Speaking Outreach Institute and the Roberto Hernandez Center", Report to the Roberto Hernandez Center"] ,UW-Milwaukee , December 2005.
* [http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/Acad_Aff/RHC/Nuestro%20Milwaukee/creation%20of%20SSOI.htm "Nuestra Milwaukee"] , website at theUniversity of Wisconsin, Milwaukee .
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